In Don Pancho's bakery the bakers made 40 loaves of the dead. Juan, one of them made 2 more loaves than the others. How many loaves did Juan make?

If there were 40 loaves of bread made in Don Pancho's bakery and Juan made 2 more loaves than the others, we can set up an equation to find out how many loaves Juan made. Let's represent the number of loaves made by the other bakers as "x." Since Juan made 2 more loaves than the others, Juan made x + 2 loaves. Now, we can write an equation to represent the total number of loaves made: x (loaves made by other bakers) + x + 2 (loaves made by Juan) = 40 (total loaves) Combine like terms: 2x + 2 = 40 Now, subtract 2 from both sides of the equation: 2x = 40 - 2 2x = 38 Finally, divide both sides by 2 to solve for x: x = 38 / 2 x = 19 So, the other bakers made 19 loaves, and Juan made 2 more than that: Juan made x + 2 = 19 + 2 = 21 loaves. Juan made 21 loaves.